Re: clarification of timestamp

From: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org>
To: ohp(at)pyrenet(dot)fr
Cc: pgsql-hackers list <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: clarification of timestamp
Date: 2002-04-29 16:38:41
Message-ID: 3CCD7711.9937357F@fourpalms.org
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> My problem was that on my 7.1.3 db, I have timestamp columns with
> fonctinal indices as date(column).
> Thes indices (indexes) wont work anymore because they're not marked loosy.
> I've been told that I should go for timestamp without timezone instead,
> witch is okay because all timezones are the same. However, what happens
> with daylight saving calculations. Is it still take into account??

No, because there is no time zone to think about. What daylight savings
calculations would you need to consider? I'm a big believer in making
databases time zone aware, but if everything really is happening within
the same time zone then your application should probably not notice an
effect.

- Thomas

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